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Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2024
The year 2023 has seen strenuous efforts by the Muslim Council of Elders, led by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, with the aim of activating the role of religious leaders in confronting global challenges and contributing to finding concrete solutions, namely in the climate change issue.
Date of source: Friday, January 5, 2024
Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders, Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām, to discuss means of boosting cooperation and the roles of the Muslim nation’s scholars and elders in facing the challenges of today’s world.
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This text about Dutch Arabist and scholar of Islam Prof. Dr. Johannes (Hans) G. Jansen (1942-2015) is based on Cornelis Hulsman’s personal experiences with Prof.
Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2023
The Muslim Council of Elders is hosting a conference in Indonesia, chaired by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, to discuss the role of religions in confronting the negative impacts of climate change.
Date of source: Friday, April 24, 2020
The majority of Muslims around the world began to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan this Friday amidst a peak in the number of people infected with the Coronavirus. The virus prevents many believers from meeting their families or performing collective prayers in mosques, while some religious...
Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2019
The Coptic Orthodox Church Official Spokesman Būlus Halīm stated that the registration procedures of three new churches in Indonesia are currently underway, bringing the number of Coptic Orthodox churches in there to five.
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Reinout Vos first introduces himself and tells Hulsman how he began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and how he came to Egypt. Vos said that he studied history at Utrecht University, specializing in the history of Malaysia and Indonesia. After completing his Master’s degree,...
Date of source: Monday, May 22, 2017
The American Islamic Summit, hosted in the Saudi Arabian capital, coincided with the final football match in the Islamic Solidarity Games hosted by Azerbaijan.
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2016
Columnist Aḥmad 'Abd al-Rabu wrote in an opinion article published by al- Shurūq about the ranking of Muslim Countries in the Democracy Index, attempting at highlighting the reasons behind the declination of freedoms in those countries and whether it is secular authoritarian or Islamist regimes...
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Randa Muqhār and the Deputy Director, Khaīrī Janbek are one of the first members of the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies in Jordan which established in July 1994. The purpose of the institute is to provide credible academic material regarding interfaith studies. Thus, the...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.